Race details | |||
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Race 5 of 10 in the 1963 Formula One season | |||
Date | 20 July 1963 | ||
Official name | XVI RAC British Grand Prix | ||
Location |
Silverstone Circuit England |
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Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
Course length | 4.711 km (2.927 mi) | ||
Distance | 82 laps, 386.261 km (240.011 mi) | ||
Weather | Warm, dry and sunny | ||
Pole position | |||
Driver | Lotus-Climax | ||
Time | 1:34.4 | ||
Fastest lap | |||
Driver | John Surtees | Ferrari | |
Time | 1:36.0 on lap 3 | ||
Podium | |||
First | Lotus-Climax | ||
Second | Ferrari | ||
Third | BRM |
The 1963 British Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at the Silverstone Circuit in Northamptonshire, England on 20 July 1963. It was the eighteenth British Grand Prix, and the first to be held at Silverstone since 1960. The race was won by Jim Clark for the second year in succession driving a Lotus 25.